Taxi in Luxor
just to make your holiday even more nice!

Ahmad Tut Tours!
T: 002 0100 993 0668

The most important is a taxi driver will be in time to bring you to the tombs and temples of your wishes and for the rest... no mambo jambo. Ahmad is a friendly and quiet driver. He studied for years to be a teacher in Arabic and Koran for the children. He never got the chance for a job to be a teacher. And after this he loves driving and working with the tourists. Ahmad is straight forward in his way. And he likes to do his best to make your holiday more nice. Because an enjoyable driver is just also an important part of your nice day.

Transfers from and to the airport Luxor or Hurghada are possible. As also the visits to tombs and temples in Luxor or a transfer and stay in Aswan. See below for ideas and possibilities. And don't hesitate to tell him your ideas for tours and visits. He can also suggest you for delicious tastefull restaurants on the day or you can go for the good local. Just what your wishes are.

What does it mean... no mambo jambo. It means Ahmad will not bring you to shops without your wish, and so on, only to get the commission. A lot of taxi drivers and touroperators are doing this. Ahmad gives you the time to visit the tombs and temples and is not watching his watch when you will be coming back. It makes it very relaxed for you to visit. And off course, if you want to visit a workshop of Alabastar or a local handcraft worker as a weaver? Ahmad can suggest you something nice.

Also to be just clear. Ahmad is not an Egyptologist tourguide. When you want a tourguide to join you in your visit? Ahmad can arrange for you a good one, just as friendly and quiet as he is himself.

So, do you want to visit the tombs and temples in Luxor in an enjoyable way?
Relaxed with no mambo jambo?

You don't have to look any further.
Just contact Ahmad your taxi driver in Luxor.

T: 002 0100 993 0668 (also WhatsApp available on this number, in Egypt calling with Whatsapp is not possible)
F: https://www.facebook.com/ahmad.tut.3 also Messenger and calling with Messenger available.

Ahmad is a good English speaking driver and can write English in WhatsApp or Messenger fairly well.

Ideas for transfers and tours in Luxor - Aswan - Egypt:

Transfers:

• Airport Luxor pickup to your hotel or transfer from your hotel to Luxor airport. The transfer will take 50 minutes to the Westbank and almost 30 minutes to the East depending in which hotel you stay.

• Transfer Luxor to or from Safaga or Hurghada. To Safaga will take around 3 hours and Hurghada 4 hours.

• Transfer Luxor to or from Marsa Alam. The transfer will take around 6 hours.

Contact Ahmad for prices ((002) 0100 993 0668). Just as everywhere in the world the price of petrol can change over night. So, it is not possible anymore to work with standard prices.

Tours in Luxor - Aswan:

In Luxor you can make half day (3 hours) or full day tours. A full day is around 7 hours where Ahmad can suggest you a delicious restaurant for your lunch.

There are many, many tombs and temples to visit. It is miraculous to stroll in the temples, looking at the many images. Wondering how the Egyptians could build these imposing temples and statues. And what did they mean with those images? To see all the beauty of Luxor you need at least 5 days. For the most important tombs and temples it can be in 3 days.

A selection of ideas for tombs and temples

1. Valley of the Kings
The valley of the Kings is dotted with tombs and temples. There are more than 60 tombs. The paintings in some tombs are the most stunning artwork.

On the entrance ticket of the Valley of the Kings are 8 tombs open (2022). And from these 8 tombs you can choose 3 tombs to visit. So, be careful and inform yourself before on the beautiful tombs you want to visit. When you want to visit more tombs it can be on extra entree ticket(s). There are separate tickets for the tomb of Tutankhamon, when you want to see the mummy. However the one of Seti I is very beautiful.

You can drive further on to the valley of the Monkeys or the valley of Thot. It is not so popular with tourists but the area is amazing and deserves a visit. On a separate ticket it is possible to visit the tomb of Ay. You can buy the ticket at the ticketoffice of the Valley of the Kings. King Ay has a special place in ancient Egyptian history.

2. Temple of Hatshepsut also called Deir el Bahri
Hatshepsut lived in the 18th dynasty and came to the throne 1478 BC. She was the second female pharaoh in Egypt. Anyhow, historically confirmed. It could very well be there have been more female pharaoh’s. Her second name or title is Ma’at Ka Ra.

Hatshepsut temple lies in the Valley of Hathor and on the left side of the temple is a small chapel dedicated to Hathor.

Near to the Valley of the Kings it is possible to visit: the tombs of the Nobles. Also the small temples of Seti I and the Ramesseum are very delicate, atmospheric and nice to visit. Although most tourist will leave them aside.

3. Valley of the Queens
The place where the Queens of the Pharaoh’s rest in peace. How else can it be surrounded by the most astounding mountains. Only for the mountains it is already nice to be there. The valley of the Queens came into existence in the New Kingdom. In the Old and Middle Kingdom the Pharaoh and his Queen were buried together.

There are not so many tombs to visit. You can visit 3 tombs on your entrance ticket. And with a separate ticket the recently opened beautiful tomb of Queen Nefertari can be visited (for 2000 LE). Only 150 visiters per day are allowed, this to preserve the paintings.

Near to the valley of the Queens there is the ancient Egyptian workmen’s village Deir el Medina. Home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. On the site there is also a nice small Hathor temple.

4. To Medinet Habu
Medinet Habu is another temple not so very much visited, though very much worth a visit. It’s the second largest temple complex in Luxor and lies near to the Valley of Queens. The temple is built by Pharaoh Hatshepsut and Tuthmose III. And in later times taken by Ramses III to be his mortuary temple.

Medinet Habu is built on ‘the hill of Djeme’. Holy ground on which, according to oral traditions, the first 4 male and female gods pairs are buried. Still today the farmers consider the Medinet Habu temple to have magical powers.

The east side of Luxor

5. Karnak temple complex

Karnak, or the temple of Amon. It was the most important temple of Thebes, the capital of Egypt. It is actually a city of temples built over 2000 years (from 2055 BC). The colossal site of Karnak was once the largest temple complex of the world. Covering 200 acres, 1,5 km by 0,8 km. You easily can get ‘lost’ in this complex of temples.

Try to also find the special temple and chapels on the Karnak site. Beside what a tourguide will show you on the temple complex.... also try to visit the most refined temple of Khonsu, the chapel of Osiris and the chapel of Ptah with the powerful statue of Sekhmet in it.

6. Luxor temple
This temple is seen as one of the most powerful temples in ancient Egypt. As with most temples it has been built over years by several pharaoh’s. Although for sure the building started in earlier times, the first signs are from the New Kingdom period during the reign of Amonhotep III. After by Ramesses II. Maybe you rembember of documentaries about Egypt, the famous 16 meters high statues? These are of Ramsess II at the entrance of the Luxor temple.

Surrounding of Luxor

These temples can be visited from out of Luxor in a full day. The temples of Dendera and Abydos can be combined in one long day.

7. Abydos – the temple of Osiris

Abydos is dedicated to Osiris. Abydos has been a sacred site for the ancient Egyptians since predynastic times. It was a place of pilgrimage and mystery festivals.

The temple of Seti I is well preserved. The temple has 7 sanctuaries at the back dedicated to the gods: Horus, Isis, Osiris, Amun-Ra, Re-Horakhty, Ptah. The 7th one to Seti I. The sanctuary of Osiris is the only one with a passage to the rear. This part is dedicated to the cultus of Osiris.
The walls of this temple have the finest images and paintings that can be seen in Egypt.

Immediate outside you find the unimaginable buildingstructure Osireion or temple of Osiris. Nobody can really know how the Egyptians put the immensely large, solid granite blocks into place. The similarities with Inca temples in Peru are remarkable. You have to see this with your own eyes.

8. Dendera – the temple of Hathor

Hathor, she is a representation of our Milkyway. Hathor is ‘the Goddess of Love’ her temple for fertility and birth, for singing and dancing. Festivals in this temple mark a new fertile period.

Also this temple was built over several periods of time up to the Ptolemiac and Roman Late Period. And like many other temples also this temple is built on top of more older temple structures.
Amazing in the temple of Hathor is you can visit some of the chapels below under the ground. These rooms show delicate and superb different images of snakes, hathor faces in beauty.

In the large and high Hypostyle hall the ceiling paintings are stunning because they have recently been cleaned. Be prepared to get a stiff neck to admire all this beauty on the ceilings. On one of the ceilings of a chapel on the roof was the famous Zodiac (now there is a copy). The original hangs in the Louvre in Paris.

9. Edfu and Nekheb – the temple of Horus
In this temple of Horus in Edfu, the battle between the gods Horus and Seth is depicted. It is the one temple in Egypt with the most gigantic pylons in front of the temple, 36 metres high and 80 metres wide. The temple has the same structure as the temple of Hathor in Dendera.

This temple is also important because of the annual festival of ‘The beautiful reunion’. Hathor ‘the Goddess of Love’ came down from Dendera, with a boat on the Nile, to the temple in Edfu to be reunited with her beloved Horus. A festival of love and birth of new divine.

When returning back to Luxor it is nice to visit the area of Nekheb. In the area, the oldest excavations in Egypt have been found dating back to 7,000 BC. It is a fine, softly feeling and powerful desert area with a deafening silence. There is a small, fine Hathor temple in the area to be visited.

... to Aswan

It is about 3 and half hour drive to Aswan to visit the most important temple of Isis. You can also choose to stay one or 2 nights in Aswan. It makes it more relaxed and also possible to visit the temple of Horus in Edfu and temple of Kom Ombo on the way to- and back from Aswan. Doing so it will be a nice 3-day tour to Aswan.

10. Temple of Isis
Also called the temple of Philae. In the mythology it is Isis found the heart of Osiris on the island of Philae. After Seth, the jealous brother of Osiris, cut Osiris in 14 pieces.

The temple of Isis was built on the island of Philae. Only after the building of the high Dam in Aswan the temple suffered from annual flooding of the Nile. To safe the temple of Isis it was rescued and moved to the nearby drier island Agilika.

It is nice peaceful to stroll in the temple, the court, hypostyle hall, the Trajan kiosk which was the original entrance to the temple of Isis. The temple is dedicated to Isis, Osiris and their son Horus. It has been influenced by Ptolemaic and (Maltese) Coptic.

Note:
Something to be happy about is Egypt lifted all Covid travel restrictions of from 17 june 2022.
Makes traveling much easier.

It is possible to visit the tombs and temples on separate entree tickets. It is also possible to buy a Luxor pass for a fixed price valid for 5 days. In the preparation of your trips and tour it is good to inform yourself on up to date website and decide for separate entreetickets or the Luxor pass. The Luxor pass can be bought at Karnak temple or at the ticketoffice of the Valley of the Kings.

Do you have good ideas for visiting temples and tombs in Luxor - Aswan? Don’t hesitate to contact Ahmad to talk to him about your wishes. And to make your holiday in and around Luxor the holiday of your dreams.

T: 002 0100 993 0668 (also WhatsApp available on this number, in Egypt calling with Whatsapp is not possible)
F: https://www.facebook.com/ahmad.tut.3 also Messenger and calling with Messenger available.